infotext

plural infotexts

1. A text that provides information.

   On a login or change of directory, FTP servers often return long infotexts, which can be quite time consuming on a slow connection.

   1997, Stefan Strobel, Volker Elling, Linux - Unleashing the Workstation in Your PC, page 269

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   This section prohibits the University from implementing the infotext system on a permanent basis. The infotext system is a facility currently operating on a trial basis for disseminating primarily agricultural information throughout the state.

   1985, Wisconsin. Legislature. Assembly, Assembly Journal, page 306

   Web sites often incorporate infotexts as they give you the rundown on some product you are evaluating. Labels on food containers, manuals for computer programs, directions for cell phones — infotexts abound these days. They serve obvious, explicitly stated purposes and use a different voice than expository prose.

   2003, Jim Burke, Writing Reminders: Tools, Tips, and Techniques, page 342